Canvass for Senate president pro tempore heats up in Feb action
In Washington on February 25 the Senate discusses the contest for president pro tempore between George F. Hoar and Ingalls of Kansas. Sherman allegedly backed Hoar while Ingalls campaigns hard, with Allison of Iowa considered as a compromise if votes split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Speciau
Senate
Sherman
George F. Hoar
Ingalls
Kansas
Massachusetts
Friends of
Hoar
Allison
Iowa
Jomalie
Speculation surrounds Patent Commissioner Montgomery resignation
Washington reports that Patent Commissioner Montgomery considers resigning to the President, regrets revealing the plan, and notes his two years of service improved the office. He faced early opposition but gained broad respect and the President may heed his successor suggestions, with Michigan likely to receive the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Montgomery
Patent Office
Patents
Cleveland
Michigan
Three Representatives Fooled by Vague Veto Rumor
In Washington on February 23 a page spread word that Mills of Texas Collins of Massachusetts and Bennett of North Carolina had learned the Mormon Edmunds Tucker bill was vetoed. They celebrated wildly, only to learn the rumor was false as the President had not vetoed the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Messrs
Mills
Texas
Collins
Massachusetts
Bennett
North Carolina
Tucker
Tom Reed
Ben Butterworth
Chamber
New England Pensioners Granted in Washington List
Pensions awarded to New Englanders include widows and original or restored benefits across Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts with names such as Mary J Nutt Robbinston Joseph Slater George W Jennes John Colfuss Truman A Silsby and others. Several cases show original and restoration or reissue statuses across Augusta Pittston Dover North Hyde Park and Boston among listed towns and counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Washington
New
Gaza
George W. Jennes
East Northwood
John H. Colfuss
Benjamin F. Terrill
East Canaan
Charles F. Pike
Monroe
William H. Rines
Dover
John Sullivan
Hudson Centre
Vermont
Pha@bhe A
Judson A. Robinson
North Hyde Park
Lucinda
Barachias
West Scituate
Annie E. Hall
Arlington
Richard Alley
Lynn
Stillman F. Dix
Charlemont
Fortifications Conferees Scout Path to Agreement
Wasu Hindon Feb 28 The fortifications conferrees met this morning and adjourned to allow engrossing of the bill with amendments. Senate conferrees concede on experiments and related items while House conferees align with Senate on appropriation. A rough draft proposes a board of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the lieutenant general of the army and two civilians to oversee the appropriation. If the lieutenant general dies or is disabled a civilian fills the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasu Hindon
Senate
House
Randall
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Army
Board Vacancies Prompt Arms Plant Plan
A vacancy on the board prompts discussion of authorizing purchase of a number of guns to be thoroughly tested. The bill contemplates establishing a government ordnance plant at a location to be designated by the board.
George Bancroft Recuperating From Severe Cold
Washington reports historian George Bancroft is rapidly recovering from a several day illness confined to bed but not yet able to sit up or leave his room.
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George Bancroft
Washington
Department of Agriculture and Labor bill advances in Senate
Petitions from Grand Army posts urge passage of the dependent pension bill over the President's veto. The Senate tables the Texas eastern and northern district change, then debates the agriculture and labor department bill. Probe into the weather service transfer, bureau staff, and salaries continues with amendments and a conference requested. The pleuro-pneumonia bill is taken up amid further notices. Hopkins arrears of pension bill passed over veto 55 to 6.
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Senate
Washington
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
New York
Iowa
Maine
Texas
Department of Agriculture and Labor
Jones
Arkansas
Senate Committee On Agriculture
House
Signal Service Bureau
Morgan
Weather Service
Allison
Yeas
Messrs
Beck
Berry
Blackburn
Blair
Brown
Cheney
Cockrell
Coke
Conger
Dolph
Eustis
Evarts
Fair
Frye
George
Harris
Ingalls
Kenna
Mahone
Maxey
Miller
Mitchell
Oregon
Morrill
Payne
Plumb
Pugh
Ransom
Sabin
Sawyer
Sherman
van Wyck
West
Walthall
Bowen
Dawes
Edmunds
Hale
Hampton
Harrison
McMillan
Manderson
Platt
Saulsbury
Spooner
Teller
Whittehorne
Williams
Wilson
Interior Department
Bureau of Labor
Department of Agriculture
Department
Commissioner of Labor
Secretary of Agriculture and Labor
United States
Congress
United States Signal Service Bureau
Army
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Secretary of War
War Department
McPherson
Pacific
Hoar
Pacific Railroad
Thomas
Hopkins
Vance
Grand Army of New York Endorses Pensions Bill
Albany Feb 23 State encampment of the Grand Army of New York held a session after a parade. Corporal James Tanner offered resolutions approving the pension bill reported by the House committee and urging passage over the President's veto. The resolutions carried by about two thirds of the 1400 delegates. The move stirred Democrats locally.
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Allbany
Sprcrau
Grand Army of
New York
James Tanner
Brooklyn
Corporal Tanner
Grand Army
New York State
House Committee On Pensions
Hisses
Tufts College Delta Upsilon Officers and Editorial Board
Tufts College Delta Upsilon announces half year officers led by President W L Fairbanks joined by vice president F W Durkee and secretary G F Murdock. A junior class annual board lists Cambridge Edgerly Huntress Swift Durkee Robertson. Fairbanks to author the class history. Gymnastics instructor Swain plans an early March athletic exhibition with proceeds to the baseball association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tufts College
Delta Upsilon
W. L. Fairbanks
F. W. Durkee
G. F. Murdock
F. O. Melcher
F. H. Swift
C. F. French
C. H. Murdock
Theta Delta Chi
F., W. Durkee
H. F. Robertson
C. L. Reed
Senate and House Move on Canal and Women Suffrage Bills
Legislation reported includes a Senate action on the Fitchburg railway consolidation with the Troy and Greenfield line and a $20,000 appropriation for the Soldiers Home in Chelsea. In the House a woman suffrage bill to allow voting in all towns and offices is debated, with a separate measure to let school committee voters decide on licenses. Also heard is a dentistry regulation bill and canal charters with substantial petitioning interests from Massachusetts and Canada. Witnesses describe financial plans and capital readiness, as hearings continue on the canal project and telephone rate rules take effect July 1 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House Tunnel
Troy & Greenfield Railroad
Fitchburg Road
Fitchburg Company
Beard
Sherman
Chelsea
Quincy
Long
Thomas Russell
H. M. Whitney
Becomin
George R. Harris
Blake Bros
Fuller
Old Colony
Fessenden
Witness
Theophilus King
Parker House
R. M. Morse, Jr
George A. Bruce
Mr. Fleming
Mr. Benton
Massachusetts
Canada
C. E. Raymond
W. E. Fuller
G. R. Harris
G. B. Lombard
Edward
Old Colony Road
Morse
J.J. Abbott
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fleming
George KR. Harris
Mr. Tobey
Messrs. Raymond and Lombard
Judiciary hearing weighs tenure and costs in state courts
The joint committee on the judiciary heard views from Judge Putnam of Worcester Judge Merritt of Peabody Judge Gilson of South Worcester Judge Vaughn of Plymouth Judge Dewey of Southern Worcester Judge Humphrey of Eastern Norfolk Judge Bliss of Norfolk County Judge Carter of Haverhill Bank Commissioner Chapin and Judge Emmons of East Boston on tenure of office costs double costs auditing and proposed reforms. Opinions varied from maintaining life tenure to seven year terms and introducing external audits and broader court jurisdiction.
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Joint Committee On the Judiciary
Commonwealth
Putnam
Second District Court
Worcester
Merritt
Peabody
Gilson
First District Court
South Worcester
Charles H. Rhodes
Leominster
Vaughn
Middleboro
Wareham
Plymouth
Dewey
Third District Court
Humphrey
Norfolk
Bliss
Norfolk County Court
Carter
Haverhill
James Websters
Rufus Choates
Chapin
Emmons
East Boston
Stone
Lawrence
Cape Cod ship canal bill debated at harbor committee hearing
The harbor committee examined a plan for a Cape Cod canal with a $2 million capital, possible $7 million cap, and bonds equal to capital. The bill sets a four month filing, six month construction trigger, land payments, and a cross with Old Colony rail lines, plus ferries and fisheries protections. Tobey Wareham testified as chief petitioner, noting expected costs, railroad impact, and potential rise in Boston coal traffic.
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Committee On
Cape Cod Ship Canal
Morse
Obey
Railroad and Harbor and Land Commissioners
Old Colony
Harbor Commissioners
Buzzard’s Ey
Massachusetts Bay
Gerard
Tobeyo Wareham
Wareham
Myrick
Tobey
Old Colony — Railroad Company
Boston
Limiting Telephone Rates Bill Presented by Stevens
The committee on mercantile affairs heard a proposed bill by Mr. Stevens to cap telephone rates across territory sizes. The bill sets monthly limits for exchanges under 10 000, between 10 000 and 100 000, and 100 000 or more population, with tiers for one or more subscribers and proximity to the central office. Bell and New England Telephone Company representatives attended the hearing.
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American Bell
Massachusetts
S. P. Hubbard
Taunton
George Morse
Gloucester
Edward A. Birge
Lynn
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
George H. Stevens
Lowell
Qua
R. M. Morse, Jr
George A. Bruce
American Bell Telephony Company
F. H. Williams
New England Telephone Company
Stevens
Council appoints Otis and Bell to state posts
At yesterday’s meeting General John L. Otis of Northampton was named a trustee of the State Lunatic Hospital replacing the deceased Silas M. Smith. Charles A. Bell of Lawrence was reappointed commissioner to prepare statutes changes. Both confirmations came under suspension of the rules. Francis T. Morton urged commutation for Samuel F. Besse, sentenced to death for Richard N. Lawton’s murder, though Morton has no case ties.
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John L. Otis
Northampton
State Lunatic Hospital
Silas M. Smith
Charles A. Bell
Lawrence
Francis T. Morton
Samuel F. Besse
Richard N. Lawton
Morton
Massachusetts House Advances Bills on Churches and Prisons
The committee reports incorporating the Second Church of Palmer and authorizing $80,000 for Bristol County jail completion in New Bedford. Several petitions gain passage without opposition, while a water supply bill for Ayer is tabled. Women suffrage gains a bill for city and town voting and offices, dentistry regulation creates a state board, and penalty details for unregistered practice are outlined.
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Palmer
Bristol County
New Bedford
House
Lynn Knights of Labor Cooperative Boot and Shoe Company
Burnham Industrial Farm of
New York
Irwin Besse
Plum Island
Ayer
Messrs. Slattery
Senate
Lynch
Messrs. Gleason
Bird
Committee On the Judiciary
Springfield
Commonwealth
Milford Water Company
American Pomological Society
Provident Cooperative Bank
Charles O. Newell
Boston
Ellen Madigan
Smith American Organ Company
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Boston Protective Department
Regulation of Telephone Rates and Ferry Remonstrances
Several petitions were presented for regulation by law of telephone rates and remonstrances against free ferries to East Boston from Isaac Rich & Co., C. Fitz, Franklin Haven and 118 others. The committee on the State House reported no legislation needed on the report of the State House commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston
Isaac Rich & Co
C. Fitz
Franklin Haven
State House
Keith
Brockton
Committee On Water Supply
Housatonic Water Company
Pilsbury
Concord
Hoosac Tunnel
Troy & Greenfield Railroad
Troy & Greenfield Road
Fitchburg Road
Fitchburg Company
Reed
Reed, For the Committee On the Judiciary
Plymouth
Middleboro
Wareham
Jordan
Chelsea
Worcester County
Stoneham Street Railroad Company
Oppose Free Ferries List of Banking Leaders in Boston
A remonstrance against establishing free ferries to East Boston names numerous Boston bankers and executives. The document lists presidents and cashiers from banks such as Tremont National Bank and North National Bank along with other financial figures objecting to tax changes linked to ferry subsidies.
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Boston
Samuel Atherton
Nathaniel J. Rust
Tyler BR. King
E. K. Butler
John Shepard
Irving O. Whitney
H. T. Burdett
KE. C. Whitney
Warren Sawyer
Benjamin Stevens
Charles A Vialle
Henry D. Forbes
R. W. Devonshire
I. A. Peters
Henry H. Edes
F.C. Loring
E. C. Fitz
Edward L. Tead
Franklin Haven, Jr
Amos W. Stetson
Edward Tyler
Frederick S&s. Davis
E. Boynton
J. O. Wetherbee
John Edmunds
T. Quincy Browne
John A. Dodd
John Pearce
D. W. Salisbury
Roswell C. Downer
W. D. Forbes
J. Edwards
Henry G. Denny
George B. Clapp
John Richardson
Walter 8. Blanchard
G. Howe Davis
John Wallace
Charles R. Codman
F. C. Seaver
Cashier
J. B. Witherbee
North National Bank
Samuel Carr
Benjamin F. Brown
List of business names and associates in 19th century roster
A long catalog of individual and firm names appears, including National Bank, William Augustus Rust, C. E. & B. W. Fabens, William G. Bell & Co., Frank O. Dame & Co., William F. Whiton & Co., and many others such as Sears & Co., Edward Lawrence, M. F. Dickinson Jr., Bay State Belting Co., John J. Morse, Whitney, A. O. Bigelow, and W. W. Kimball, among numerous partners and firms.
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A. Trowbridge
J. T. Coolidge, Jr
C. G. Davis
Eben Bacon
W. H. Brackett
William A. Rust
Joshua Loring
T. G. Hiler
I. T. Burr
John G. Wetherell
Charles L. Lane
Francis B. Sears
W. W. Kimball
Chapman Robertson Wedding in Vendome Parlors
The ceremony of James D. Edwin Chapman and Gertrude Barker Robertson took place at 7 30 pm with Rev. Minot J. Savage officiating in a private Boston wedding. Guests included ushers from New York and Boston. reception followed until 10 pm. The couple will travel south then relocate to Evanston Wyoming Territory where the groom works.
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James D
Edwin Chapman
Gertrude Barker Robertson
Boston
Minot J. Savage
Cecil Brown
New York
Frank Mansfield
Frank Clarke
Thomas Robinson
A. L. Aldrich
Thomas Mack
Catherine Mermet
Virgil Richards
Miss Endicott
Edgar Robinson
Boston Firm Attachment Granted in Ohio Case
Judge Andrews of the Supreme Court granted an attachment against the Keeler Manufacturing Company of Boston upon the application of George Follett & Co. The action seeks $23,000 for goods sold since July. It is alleged proceeds from sales are in the care of Sawyer, Urst & Manning with unsold merchandise liable to attachment.
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New York
Andrews
Supreme Court
George Follett & Co
Keeler Manufacturing Company
Boston
Sawyer,urt & Manning
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Tufts College Notes
Cape Cod Canal
the Executive Council
THE
Hotel Vendome
Medical
Humphreys
NSRP
Humphreys’ Medicine CO
Fulton St. N
Humphreys* Medicine Co
Fulton St
N. Y
Humphreys’ CO
N.Y
Chichester
Chichester Chemical Cqo
Philadelphia
Penn
Suffolk
James W. Dudley
Court Room
Court Square
Fred H. Seavey
Messencer
Massaculavjsetts
Ss.— Court OF Insol
Sarah F. Kingsbury
Nish
Micah Dyer, Jr
American Carpet Lining Company
Melvin O. Adams
Pemberton Square
Commonwealth OF Massachl.wy
Reynolds T. White
Charles C. Barton
Gaionoe
Sidney Wetmore
Summer Street
Whittier
W.L. Whittier
Lockox
Malden
Masa
A. S. Richards & CO
James Williams
Charles Horn
Field, Chapman & Fenner
Broadway
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Merchants’ Exchange
Heam L
Boston Stock Exchange
Nares Saratoga Victory Mills
Continental Mills
Old Boston National Bank
First National Bank of St. Johnsbury
State National Bank
Salmon Falls Mfg. Co
Merrimac Mfg
Cocheco Mfg. Co
Jares Michigan Central R. R. Co
Bowker Fertilizer Co
Howard Watch and Clock Co
McKay Metallic Fastening Association
First National Bank
Es City
Lawrence & Southern
R. R
Yoo
Houghton & Ontonagon
Jackson
Lansing & Saginaw
Burlington & Missouri
Kansas City
Topeka & Western
Income
Cowley, Sumner & Ft. Smith R. R
Gt. Falls Mfg. Co
Third National Bank
Portsmouth
Falls & Conway R. R
National Tube Works Co
Boston & Albany R. R
R.L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Veriennes
W. L
City of
Newmarket Mfg
Concore
Montreal Rapid
Yemigewasset Valley
Great Falls Mfg. Co
Busell Trimmer Co
Do Merchants’ Natl. Bank
City Bank
Town Ry. Co
Lawrence Gaslight Co
New Eng. Natl. Bank
Metropoitan
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co
de Saratoga Ce Mfg. Co
Boott
Pittsfield & No. Adams Rd
Little Rock & Here Smith Ry. Co
Charlestown
M. L. Reoco
Slooo Og
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Memphis Dottor
Constitution Wharf
Memphis
L. G. Grossman
Jesse M. Butterfield
Cambridgeport
Middlesex
John Y. Hunter
Cambridge
Washington Street
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Massachusetts Tithe Insurance Co
Mile ST
Nathaniel J. Bradley
Arnold A. Rand
Sheriff’s Sale
Franklin Street
Remington
Short
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